DAY 22-23: Abakan to Achinsk
After boarding the train in the evening, we took a night train which connected us back to the main Trans-Siberian line. Our train 067 was definitely NOT a tourist train, being off the main TSR line, and was full of Russians travelling within their country. We were likely the only English-speakers on the train. The country around Abakan was very beautiful, with large farms, rolling steppe, and the Sayan mountains off in the distance.
Actually, we didn't have much of an opportunity to take in the scenery. Our...